Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-23

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Mesbo1iss Ectscopai Cnsrsn Boath, s.
Chfna. Las ssn1sy evening. II thas
eity. be pseaehed he Eth annisersary
ssEu5n, telling e is1Rth he sl9ry q
hia woxk 10 me vinsyzsa Of Tee PneiHe
Coass. De b he go Of - hc1orsd
Ms1hoiia pFsashex 81 he Georgia eon-
fsreass an3 wss born IN Bats e0anty,
Georgia, IN is27. he graduated from
Emogy eosisas. - Oxfora, Ca n ls4e,
anA was ordained - p<saeh few days
afbeE rscsiyiaG his dip8cIA IN Leg hs
wAs sent - mfssioazFy - California.
ressnIng Szn R1ensisoo IN February Ct
that year.
Ths dossor rslsass that It's hrss CD
iscss thaf sffrasted his sfse1tio1 upon
ssspping from The ship we're the in
mense gambling saloons, brilliantly
likhied and crowded wifh men, vita
hsse snd there . woman seated - >
table snpsEintendfnR Q game. Great
piles Of gold lay In the utmost pEofusio1
90 tie tables. Shrswd and veil dresssd
Ramestsrs gsre On haad 70 aeece tbs
roaGhly dressed miners. large Numbers
Of whom we're stakinR and losing their
treasures en- tie tara Of q card. He 81
once ecnciudsd that here vas q fed
that nssds1 religious inaasnes, and be
Ionaed 70 be ct work He VS. present
snd aasi sted II she organization u be
PaciGc Annual O0nfesanoe Of the Ne
taodist Episcopal Church SJath 10
April, is5.s ana q the Only rsnaining
membzE Of that hrst OOoference 10
California. The Doctor was ssns g. psE-
form hs Grst work IN the nines. His
afst sermon il California cas- prssebea
Ia 6asramsnto, where be stopped oas
day whiie on he Wsy 10 Grass Waller.
He bad q ryush experiense from tee
day be left Sacramento. but be stood up
bragely. A. be Ieft the city be vas
hsDesick. bat his thoughts we're ss8n
absorbed, while rolling along IN toe old
stage coach. In admiEing the Sscramen-
10 valley. which Wss not Qemmed, -
nov, vita Hne farm hsusss. vineyards.
orchards aAa gardens, bat only one
vide, flower spaaRied plain. Az be ar
rived IN Nevada City, a. night, snsw
vas falling rapidly. The crooked stFests
we're crowded With miners, and she
gambling halls we're vide open. The
parsonage" where be vas to stop, vas
q rough shsd made Of shakes" built
TO the end Of tbs church, which was
constructed Of she same material IL
Was rather hard 70 turn into such 9
building, where the rude blasts Of the
sierras e0uld sweep through. Bat sach
was the style Of buildings all over town.
The preacher opened his commission
81 Grass Valley ,oa tine Sunday following
bis arrival in the mines. The ehueck
consisted Of nothing bat the framework,
and Dr.. Simmons completed IL with biz
Own hands. His congregation consisted
mostly Of men, and few Of them at that.
II half dozen ladies we're present II
vas considered wonderful. IL was a
desperate work, trying 10 convert men
who bad gone into the mines, tasted of
the gold excisemsnt, cast OF ali re-
stsaint, and plunged recklsssly into any
thing and everything that came along.
And yet, some Of the widest of the
men had themselves been preachers and
professors back in the States.
The doctor Travelled from mine to
mine on foot, and he was acquainted
With every gold hunter for miles around.
He ate With them, slept with them ct
night. but often alone under g tree. He
preached 10 them on Sundays, attended
10 them IN sickness and buried their
dead. He preached under trees, in
cabins, in saloons, in ten pin alleys and
gambling balls. Ga many occasions be
wsuld stand IN q saloon. behind q bar,
which be would use for q pulpit, while
his congregation Of miners, al heavily
armed with pistols and knives, would
SIT on the whisky barrels while be urged
them to buy gold tried IN the FIRE, that
they might be rich. Daring these dis
oourses ne would frequently be inter-
rRpted by some drunk OF holy terror,
who would swaRRsr up to the har and
RroWi out: Say, parson, vent yer
give as q drink" Such iutrusions
usually ended by a couple Of miners
grabbing up tue offender and throwing
him sut of abe dOOF, aud giving slenifi-
can't warning by tapping their pistols
that be had better not repeat the trick.
just IS soon as the preacher would end
bis discourse the bartender would take
bis place behind the bar, and IN a few
minutes could be heard the rattle and
jingle Of glasses.
Daring bis visits to French Corral.
then one OF the liveliest camps in the
mountains, TT. simmons used 10 preach
bis sermons in q great gambling hall,
standing upon one Of the gaming tables.
Before the sermon would be ended same
sport would take bis hat and 90 through
The crowd, remarkine: "B0ys, the par
soa can't afford 30 do all this talking for
nothing, 30 yoa'd better ante a piece. I"
After leaving the mines the doctor
wa alalinnsd AZ Sfnnhfnra aar, Ir,u. and